Pin-hook.



PATENTED OCT. 3, 1905.

L. E. RUSSELL.

7 PIN HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25. 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 3, 1905.

Application filed January 26, 1905. Serial No. 242,611.

To all 111710711 it IILCLILCOTLGGTH/I Be it known that I, LEROY EDGARRUssELL, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Deposit, inthe county of Broome and State of New York, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Pin-Hooks, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a pin-hook adapted forattachment to a gar.- ment to hold an article removably suspendedtherefrom, being especially applicable as an eyeglass hook or holder,and to so construct the device that it may be made from one piece ofmaterial and be expeditiously and conveniently applied to a garmentwithout danger of the fabric interfering with the action of theattaching-pin or becoming entangled with the head or that portion wherethe pin engages with the body when the device is to be removed from orplaced in position upon it support.

Another purpose of the invention is to so construct the device that itwill be light, simple, durable, and not liable to get out of order andwhich will safely hold in suspension an eyeglass or other small article.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

tefcrence is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of referenceindicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device taken from the front andillustrating its adaptation as an eyeglass-hook. Fig. 2 is a perspectiveview of the device taken from the hack, and Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the device and a vertical section through a piece of fabric to whichthe device is fastened.

The device is preferably made from one piece of metal, a wire ofsuitable gage, for example, although it may be made in two or moreparts, if desired. In the formation of the body of the pin the wire isbent upon itself to produce an open ring 10, the opening being at thelower portion of the ring, and one end of the wire'is carried up fromthe terminal of the ring about centrally at the front face of the ring,forming a vertical member 11. This formation of the wire constitutes thehead A of the body. After the member 11 has been carried to the top ofthe ring the wire is bent horizontally rearward, making an upper loop12, and is then carried vertically downward to provide an attaching-pin13, the free end whereof is sharpened. Thus it will be observed that thehead A of the device and that portion thereof where the pin connectswith the head are perfectly smooth and that at such portion of thedevice no coils or sharp or irregular surfaces are present liable tocatch in or become entangled in the fabric to which the device isattached. The other end of the wire is carried down from the oppositeextremity of the open ring 10 to form a shank 14, located at one side ofthe pin, and is then carried horizontally over the free end of the pinand is rearwardly curved to produce a keeper 15 for the pin. Finally,the wire is carried downward from the keeper a desired distance and isthen curved forwardly and upwardly to produce a book 16, the upperportion of which is preferably flattened, and the free end of the hooknormally rests against the front face of the vertical member 11 of thehead and is outwardly flared therefrom, so as to render it convenientfor an object to be passed to the loop-section of the hook, as is shownin Fig. 1.

In Fig. 3 I have illustrated the device as applied to a piece of fabricB, wherein it will be observed that the entire construction at the headA is perfectly free from the fabric, except just where the pin joins thehead, and such point of juncture is perfectly smooth.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In safety-pin devices, a body the material of whichis bent to substantially circular shape at one end to form a ring-shapedhead, and is carried across thefront and over the ring-shaped head anddown at the rear of the same in the form of a pin.

2. In safety-pin devices, a body the material of which is bent tosubstantially circular shape at one end, forming a ring-shaped head, andis continued across the front of said head and horizontally rearwardover the same and thence downward, the downwardly-extending member beingan attaching-pin, the material of the said body being also bent to forma forwardly-projecting hook and a rearwardly-extending keeper for thepin.

3. In safety-pin devices, a body having a keeper at one end and a headat the opposite end in the form of an open ring, the material at one endof the ring being carried across the front thereof and horizontally overthe top outwardly and upwardly to form a hook, the free end of whichnormally rests against the member crossing the head at the front.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name 5 to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEROY EDGAR RUSSELL.

\Vitnesses:

ARTHUR F. CURTIS, P. H. CoUsn.

